CVE-2002-1656

X-News (x_news) 1.1 and earlier allows attackers to authenticate as other users by obtaining the MD5 checksum of the password, e.g. via sniffing or the users.txt data file, and providing it in a cookie.

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

8.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2005-03-28

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3043

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2002-1652
• CVE-2002-1660
• CVE-2002-1643
• CVE-2002-1663
• CVE-2002-1634
• CVE-2002-1673